(November 30, 2005) New York City: After this year’s International Press Freedom Awards dinner, a former reporter remarked to me the honorees’ inspiring stories made her "think about getting back into real journalism again," with her accent on "real." "Me, too," I responded spontaneously, feeling unusually humbled by the realities of many of our overseas colleagues.
Zimbabwe turnout hits a record low
(November 29, 2005) Only one in five eligible voters cast a ballot in Saturday’s elections in Zimbabwe, a record low turnout that opposition leaders and political analysts called a sign that the nation has lost faith in the ballot box as a means to battle the harsh rule of President Robert Mugabe.
US labels Zimbabwe Senate election a ‘nonevent’
(November 29, 2005) In a sign of growing U.S. animosity toward Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe, a senior U.S. official dismissed as “a nonevent” last weekend’s Senate poll victory by the ruling party in the southern African nation.
Mugabe’s party sweeps Senate poll
(November 28, 2005) President Robert Mugabe’s party in Zimbabwe has won all but seven seats in a controversial new Senate, crushing the challenge posed by a severely weakened opposition party, final results showed on Monday.
Mugabe poll win marred by Zimbabwe voter apathy
(November 28, 2005) President Robert Mugabe tightened his grip on Zimbabwe on Monday with victory in a Senate poll seen by critics as a mere formality, but analysts say low voter turnout showed deepening dissatisfaction with his 25-year rule.
MRD urges Obasanjo to apologise, quit
(November 28, 2005) Northern political elements, who seek to regain power from the South, are turning up the heat on President Olusegun Obasanjo’s alleged scheme to succeed himself.
U.S. Congress demands greater transparency from multilateral development banks
(November 25, 2005) Reforms signed into law by Bush.
Despotism hinders Africa’s development
(November 25, 2005) Despotism hinders Africa’s development – PAP Corruption and despotism were highlighted during an introspective session of the Pan African Parliament on Friday as key stumbling blocks to the continent’s development. Along with ignorance, these had replaced the evils imposed
on Africa by colonialism and imperialism, United Kingdom High Commissioner to South Africa Paul Boateng told a parliamentary sitting in Midrand.
Judgment of Paris
(November 25, 2005) What’s good for Iraq must surely be good for Nigeria too.
Nigeria jails former police chief in graft crackdown
(November 24, 2005) A Nigerian court has sentenced the country’s former police chief in a $140m money laundering case but anti-corruption campaigners have said his six-month jail sentence undermines the war on corruption.
World Bank anti-corruption: discourse versus practice
(November 21, 2005) Despite improved efforts by the World Bank on corruption ahead of other regional development banks, there is still a striking inconsistency between the Bank’s discourse and practice.
‘Senseless coups’
(November 21, 2005) The Executive Secretary of the National Africa Peer Review Mechanism Governing Council, Dr. Francis Appiah, has said that despite Africa’s endowment with natural resources, internal factors such as "senseless coups, wars and conflicts," have made the continent poor. Speaking at an African Peer Review Mechanism and National Development Planning Commission workshop, Dr. Appiah said that Africa would have been better-off today if it had not passed through the hands of dictators who muzzled the press and ensured a "culture of silence"
Malawi loses K5 billion in corruption
(November 21, 2005) The Malawi government has lost close to a whopping K5 billion in the last five years due to high-level corrupt practices that involved top government and party officials, The Chronicle has learnt.
Poll win solidifies Zanu’s stranglehold
(November 29, 2005) President Robert Mugabe’s ruling Zanu-PF party has cemented its grip on power.
Wanted: Honest men and women for Liberian govt
(November 18, 2005) Presumptive president-elect Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is looking for a few honest men, and women, to form a government able to tackle the challenge of rebuilding war-torn Liberia, writes Lauren Gelfand for the Mail & Guardian Online.
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